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We took Bus #2 uphill for the ~10 blocks to this free museum in Gammlia. The interior halls featured a cafe, textile display, 1899 Benz-Viktoria car, log building display, local collection of historical consumer goods, and a large picture with a view of chimneys-the aftermath...More

This museum is fantastic it has outside exhibits farm houses etc and Sami houses . Inside has many interesting things including really good history of the town, Sami rock art , local art , ski exhibit and history also stories from minority groups and loads...More

Definitely needs to be at the top ofloor the list of places to visit in UMEÅ.
Very inormative and well-organized.
The museum has places where kids could play.
There is a cafe inside.
Would highly recommend to visit this museum.

The museum is free and has many buildings from different parts of the region to demonstrate the culture and history. My favourite buildings was the church, school and dance area.
The school was of particular interest, showing that Sweden was progressive with compulsory education, which...More

Started of the visit by coming from the wrong direction to the Gamlia area (we were walking) and thought that the whole place was deserted but we started to meet more and more people and also staff who worked there. Outside is it rather low...More

I have visited the museum various times, individually, with kids and even with guided groups. The key thing to realise is that the museum building itself is just one part of the whole experience with extensive gardens containing other examples and exhibits. All well worth...More

The museums galleries cover a wide range of topics - textiles, Stone Age paintings, skiing, Umeå and guest exhibitions.
One guest exhibition portrayed the experiences of the Roma people in a way that opened my eyes to the treatment of these people in Europe, their...More